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October 26, 2022
Research led by Andrew Ibrahim, assistant professor of surgery and architecture, found that patients are more likely to survive after surgery if they are placed in single rooms close to a nursing station with better lines of sight: “There’s clearly some sense that the nurse managers who are assigning patients know that some rooms are better than others, because the sicker patients got rooms that had more of those features.”
U.S. News & World Report -
October 26, 2022
ER visits related to sexual assault increased more than tenfold from 2006 to 2019 — reflecting a growing cultural shift around confronting sexual assault, according to research by Erica Marsh, professor of obstetrics and gynecology, and colleagues. “We’ve moved a long way, thankfully, in the acknowledgement that any time there’s non-consensual sexual activity, that is sexual assault,” she said.
NBC News -
October 25, 2022
While the production of a battery electric vehicle causes more pollution than a gasoline-powered counterpart, this greenhouse-gas emission difference is erased in less than two years as the vehicle is driven, says Greg Keoleian, professor of environment and sustainability: “In the future, B.E.V. emissions will decrease due to the retirement of coal plants and the increase in renewable energy sources.”
The New York Times -
October 25, 2022
Online grocery shopping and meal kits are more economical and less wasteful alternatives to traditional supermarket shopping, says Kate Astashkina, assistant professor of technology and operations: “There are complaints that they have a lot of packaging … (but) the reduction of food waste actually outweighs the rise in the packaging. So overall it’s a good thing.”
Axios -
October 25, 2022
White people are twice as likely as Black people to receive a heart transplant or a ventricular assist device, according to research led by Thomas Cascino, clinical lecturer in cardiovascular medicine: “The totality of the evidence suggests that we as heart failure providers are perpetuating current inequities. … As physicians and health care providers, we must find ways to create equitable change.”
CNN -
October 24, 2022
In some ways, “quiet quitting” might be unfair, because it captures all people as being slackers, says Jeffery Sanchez Burks, professor of management and organizations. “But there are people who have legitimate points about the notion that, ‘Well, you want me to give up my life for work and be this so-called ideal worker.’”
WDIV (Detroit) -
October 24, 2022
“People get this road rage when they feel like their space or their rights have been infringed upon by somebody, aggressively maybe even, and it feels like a moral violation or a social violation,” said Stephanie Preston, professor of psychology. “Really simply, cues of social forgives like (a wave) or (saying) sorry can do a lot of good in terms of alleviating people’s stress because they’re feeling disrespected or mistreated.”
WXYZ (Detroit) -
October 24, 2022
“Parties can adapt pretty quickly. You can throw out the people you formerly were supporting and get in new people and people can suddenly pretend they didn’t know who they were yesterday,” said Walter Mebane, professor of political science, on the long-term effect candidates with a track record of denying election results will have on the Republican Party.
National Public Radio -
October 21, 2022
“When I started to talk about diet as an important part of treating patients with IBS … people literally laughed at me. But now almost every gastroenterologist accepts that diet is an important part of the solution,” said William Chey, professor of internal medicine and nutritional sciences. Health psychologist Megan Riehl, assistant professor of internal medicine, said, “Our brain and our gut are communicating all the time. And if you’re somebody that has a digestive problem, it’s like the communication is turned up way too high.”
National Public Radio -
October 21, 2022
“One of the things I do in my leadership that works well for me is that I see a teacher in everyone I interact with. … I always like to say that life is a great teacher, and I’m trying to be a better student every day,” said Ravi Pendse, vice president for information technology and chief information officer, who received the 2022 Michigan Leadership ORBIE Award for his positive impact on the Michigan technology and business environment.
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